Barrel-rack



(H0 Model.)

J. A. BROWNING.

BARREL RACK.

Maw b e 6 Z 4' m 0 w% N w ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ JOHN A. BROWNING, or IOWA orrv, IOWA.

BARREL-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,119, dated February 16, 1892.

Application filed May 22, 1891. Serial No. 393,715. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. BROWNING, of Iowa City, in the county of Johnson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Im-= provement in Barrel-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved barrel-rack, and has for its object to provide a device whereby barrels when in a horizontal position may be conveniently and expeditiously elevated to a vertical position and transported from place to place, if desired, the barrel being adapted to remain upon the rack while its contents are being drawn off.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rack with the lever detached therefrom and a barrel in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the rack. Fig. at is a perspective view of the lever, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the rack.

The rack consists of two side pieces or runners 10. One end thereof is conveXed or curved, and two girts or brace-beams 11 connect the sides. The upper faces of the girts are preferably flush with the upper faces of the sides, and each of said girts ator near the center is provided with an opening 12, said openings being in alignment. The girts are ordinarily let into the side pieces or runners by gains, and the frame is braced and connected by long bolts running through from side to side. Upon the under edge of the sides of the rack casters 13 or their equivalents are attached, and the entire rack is preferably so constructed that its upper face will be inclined, as is best shown in Fig. 2. In connection with the rack a lever 14 is employed, the lower end 15 of which is rectangular and of a size in cross-section to neatly fit into the openings 12 of the girts. At the lower extremity of the lever an upwardly-extending spur 16 is located, and above the spur a pin 17 is loosely passed through the lever, the'said pin being adapted to engage with the inner face of the girt nearest the curved ends of the side pieces of the rack, as shown in Fig. 3, and when so engaging defines the position of the lever, bringing the spur 16 just within the curved end of the rack, so that when the said end is upon the ground the spur will. be elevated a sufficient distance therefrom to conveniently engage with the outer face of one chine of a barrel, as is illustrated in Fig. 1. The lever has secured to it one end of a chain 18, the attachment being made through the medium of a hook 18", the shank of which is passed through the lever and is provided with a wing-nut. At the lower end of the chain a claw 19 is attached.

In operation the lever is placed in position upon the rack, and when the barrel to be lifted is reached the rack is carried to a vertical position, resting upon its curved end, the top being in engagement with the bottom of the barrel and the spur in contact with the chine, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The arrangement for lifting is completed by engaging the claw 19 with the chine of the head of the barrel. The rack is then rocked downward upon its curved end until it rests upon its casters, at which time the barrel will be in its vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2. The barrel may now be readily conveyed to any desired place, and when in position the lever may be drawn out from the body of the rack after removing the pin 17 and the hook 18, and the contents of the barrel may be conveniently drawn from a point just above its head.

It is evident that the device is exceedingly simple, durable, and conveniently manipulated, and that it enables the operator to draw from the barrel its entire contents.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A device of the character described, comprising side pieces or runners having one end convened, cross-bars or girts connecting the sides and having apertures therein, and a lever fitted to enter the apertures in the girts and provided with a spur at its lower end, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a rack comprising two sides or runners having a convened end and girts connecting the sides and provided with openfor the purpose set forth.

ings, of a lever relnovably fitted to the opena lever reinovably fitted to the openings, a ings, a spur projected from the lower end of spur projected from the lower end of the lethe lever, a rope or chain attached to the le ver, a pin loosely fitted above the spur, and a ver, and a claw secured to the chain, as and rope or chain secured above the pin and provided at its free end with a grapple, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a rack comprising sides l or runners having a convexed end and girts connecting the sides, having openings formed therein and also having the upper faces of their ends flush with the tops of the sides, of

JOHN A. BROWNING.

Witnesses:

H. M. POLSGROVE, W. O. THOMPSON. 

